Monthly Archives: March 2010

NEW CASTLE’S SEARCH New Castle boys basketball coach Mark Stanley resigned this week, leaving the Red Hurricanes to search for their second coach in four seasons. But there might not be much of a search. The leading candidate could be …

Private schools won five of the eight PIAA basketball championship games Friday and Saturday, with the South Fayette boys and Mt. Lebanon girls among the elite group of public schools bringing home trophies.The Class AAAA boys title game was contested …

So far, the west has been best. For all the much-deserved praise eastern Pennsylvania basketball receives, the state’s western half more than held its own Friday during the first day of the PIAA basketball championships. Three of the four titles …

Math never was my best subject in school. In fact, I dreaded the day after tests when the math teacher cruelly read the grades out loud to the class — “DiPaola, 66.” To this day, I insist he was smiling …

The WPIAL proved to be a tough out in the first round of the PIAA Class AAA boys basketball tournament. Five of the six WPIAL qualifiers won, including another big victory for Chartiers Valley, 96-66, against Central Tech.

The 19-day PIAA basketball tournament gets underway Tuesday with 20 play-in games, leading to the first round Friday and Saturday. The crowning of the eight WPIAL champions set up the seedings for the state tournament. The Class AA boys field …

The Palumbo Center crowd had already seen Lincoln Park’s Devontae Watson, a 6-foot-9 sophomore, block 13 shots during Friday night’s WPIAL Class A boys championship game. And 6-foot-6 junior Devon Cottrell, who will play for Gateway in its game at 9 …